Texas is dooming its kids: Congratulations, "far-right creationist historical revisionists," says Phil Plait in Discover. In ignoring "all the people — including teachers and educational experts — who showed them clearly why they were wrong," the Texas board's "anti-reality majority" did what they wanted, not what was right for Texas children. "Texas: doomed"

Education continues past high school: These "juvenile" revisions just show that the board is "Texas' best argument against the theory of intelligent design," says Rick Casey in the Houston Chronicle. "Still, I'm not all that riled about their impact on our textbooks." One of the great joys of growing up is learning "how much richer, more layered, and more interesting history is than what we learned in elementary school." This will only "enhance that pleasure.""Don't sweat curriculum (un)civil war"